Salida resident Tom Purvis is one of the three founding members of Salida Mountain Trails, begun nearly 10 years ago. He was the director of SMT from 2007 through 2009. He has been working as a volunteer, doing trail maintenance and advocacy, for almost 20 years. Tom is a lifelong cyclist, having ridden his first century ride (100 miles) as a ten-year-old. He’s been mountain biking for 25 years.
During that time he developed an interest in outdoor photography; pictures of trails from the perspective of the trail traveler are a typical theme. Tom has never owned any complex photography equipment, but carries decent quality point-and-shoot cameras. His current camera, used to take the cover photo, is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5.
